Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking a temporary restraining order for an El Paso court that blocked his prosecution of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s political group. O’Rourke’s PAC funded Texas Democrats who protested the state GOP’s mid-decade redistricting agenda. Paxton filed an emergency application for the order with a Tarrant County court with jurisdiction […]
A New York appeals court threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday that the judgment was unconstitutional and violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines. The five-judge panel of the Appellate Division said the verdict, which had swelled to more than $515 million with interest, was “excessive.” The ruling […]
The Washington Examiner’s homeland security reporter, Anna Giaritelli, appeared on the Sean Hannity Show Wednesday to recount the aftermath of the attack against her. In 2020, Giaritelli suffered a random attack outside of Union Station. A homeless man lunged at her, which prompted a struggle where she was sexually assaulted in broad daylight. Months after […]
Social media users are not receiving Cracker Barrel’s new design warmly, even though the chain’s CEO said Tuesday that the feedback is “overwhelmingly positive.” The new logo ditches the iconic man in a rocking chair leaning on a barrel, instead just featuring the name “Cracker Barrel” on an orange hexagon, vaguely resembling a barrel. A […]
A longtime ally and adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was suspended after she attempted to give a reporter a bag of potato chips stuffed with cash. Adams campaign adviser Winnie Greco gave a Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chip filled with cash to a reporter from local news outlet the […]
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) announced his run on Thursday to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for the Senate next year. Reports surfaced earlier this month that Roy was considering a bid for the statewide office. A vocal member of the House Freedom Caucus and a staunch fiscal hawk, the congressman has […]
The United States’s illegal immigrant population soared to an all-time high of 14 million people in 2023 as millions of people illegally crossed into the country from Mexico during the Biden administration’s border crisis, according to a new report. The Washington-based Pew Research Center revealed on Thursday that the number of illegal immigrants in the country […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) urged the public to mount a pressure campaign against their elected officials to cut spending and reduce the size of government. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Johnson bemoaned the state of government spending and waste, arguing that it would take a massive effort involving the public to accomplish […]
United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro has emerged as the face of the Trump administration’s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., transforming how justice is served in the nation’s capital in less than two weeks since the federal effort began. From directing prosecutors to pursue the harshest possible charges to limiting which firearm cases will be brought to court, […]
Happy Thursday, this is Congress Editor David Sivak welcoming you to Capitol Tea, your inside guide to Capitol Hill intrigue and all of Washington’s biggest personalities. Miss our last edition? Catch up here. In this edition … – Cory Booker gets reel. The Senate’s biggest TikTok evangelist calls himself an “Instagram guy.” – Steve Daines’s […]
